Skype accounts for 95 percent of all VoIP traffic

A new study has revealed that Skype now accounts for 95 per cent of all voice over internet protocol (VoIP) activity.

The study by German internet traffic management systems provider, ipoque, claims that while VoIP only accounts for one per cent of internet traffic, 30 per cent of internet users do use VoIP technologies, with Skype being "by far" the most popular internet telephony application.

It continues to state that the popularity of instant messaging (IM) can vary "heavily" from region to region, with 60 per cent of all internet browsers using IM in the Middle East compared with just 17 per cent in Germany.

The study analysed three petabytes of anonymous data, representing over one million users across Australia, eastern Europe, Germany, the Middle East and southern Europe during August and September 2007.

Skype recently launched its first mobile phone with mobile phone giant 3, which allows users to make free unlimited VoIP calls to anywhere in the world via the handset's wireless internet connection, in a bid to further increase its market share.

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